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Gallery: 13 top IFTTT applets for small business

By · February 3, 2017, 5:25 AM PST · danpatterson

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  • IFTTT Applets for Small Business

    Startup dreams are often tempered with the responsibility of refining the product, generating leads, invoicing clients, running email and social media campaigns, and managing team members. For many small business owners time is literally money, and tools that increase efficiency are invaluable.

    The mobile and web service IFTTT--an acronym for If This Then That--can automate many time-intensive business chores. IFTTT integrates with hundreds of other networked services, from social media sites like Instagram and Twitter to hardware and IoT manufacturers like Fitbit and Philips. Developer-created "applets," the company said in a statement, "bring services together to create new experiences," like automatically brewing a pot of coffee when you wake up or maintaining a log of product sales.

    SEE: The Power of IoT and Big Data (Tech Pro Research)

    Founded in 2010, for several years IFTTT was little more than a novel way to cross-post social media links. Last year, after a pivot that put the service at the core of the IoT and smart home market, IFTTT hit an inflection point and both business and consumer users skyrocketed. The service now powers over 15 million applets and last year alone added 326,000 additional smart home devices.

    IFTTT is also a great way to manage small but important business chores, like documenting customer lists, pruning spreadsheets, and managing small teams. These are 13 of the top small business services available on the platform.

    Use the green arrows above to scroll between services or use the left and right arrow keys.

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  • Automate Slack reminders

    Applet URL: https://ifttt.com/applets/177138p-automatically-post-a-daily-reminder-to-a-slack-channel

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  • Add new iOS contacts to Google services

    Applet URL: https://ifttt.com/applets/B4JhAcr6-automatically-add-new-ios-contacts-to-your-google-services

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  • Add Evernote notes to a Trello board

    Applet URL: https://ifttt.com/applets/337273p-add-notes-from-evernote-to-a-trello-board

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  • Save Gmail attachments to Google Drive

    Applet URL: https://ifttt.com/applets/99068p-automatically-save-new-email-attachments-in-gmail-to-google-drive

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  • Save starred Gmail email to Evernote

    Applet URL: https://ifttt.com/applets/73746p-automatically-sync-starred-emails-in-gmail-to-evernote

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  • Update Google Calendar with MailChimp campaign details

    Applet URL: https://ifttt.com/applets/429255p-add-scheduled-mailchimp-campaigns-to-google-calendar

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  • Save MailChimp newsletter stats to spreadsheet

    Applet URL: https://ifttt.com/applets/429258p-save-your-mailchimp-campaign-stats-to-a-google-spreadsheet

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  • Get notified when a new subscriber is added to a MailChimp list

    Applet URL: https://ifttt.com/applets/429263p-receive-a-notification-when-a-new-subscriber-is-added-to-your-mailchimp-list

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  • Save MailChimp newsletter subscribers to SurveyMonkey

    Applet URL: https://ifttt.com/applets/440521p-save-new-mailchimp-subscribers-to-a-surveymonkey-list

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  • Get an email digest of New York Times business headlines

    Applet URL: https://ifttt.com/applets/197665p-get-an-email-digest-of-the-week-s-most-popular-business-day-articles-from-the-new-york-times

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  • Add Square transactions to a Google spreadsheet

    Applet URL: https://ifttt.com/applets/190592p-add-new-square-payments-to-a-spreadsheet

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  • Schedule recurring Trello cards

    Applet URL: https://ifttt.com/applets/299813p-schedule-daily-or-weekly-recurring-trello-cards

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  • Save work hours in Google Calendar

    Applet URL: https://ifttt.com/applets/133380p-track-your-work-hours-in-google-calendar

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IFTTT Applets for Small Business

Startup dreams are often tempered with the responsibility of refining the product, generating leads, invoicing clients, running email and social media campaigns, and managing team members. For many small business owners time is literally money, and tools that increase efficiency are invaluable.

The mobile and web service IFTTT--an acronym for If This Then That--can automate many time-intensive business chores. IFTTT integrates with hundreds of other networked services, from social media sites like Instagram and Twitter to hardware and IoT manufacturers like Fitbit and Philips. Developer-created "applets," the company said in a statement, "bring services together to create new experiences," like automatically brewing a pot of coffee when you wake up or maintaining a log of product sales.

SEE: The Power of IoT and Big Data (Tech Pro Research)

Founded in 2010, for several years IFTTT was little more than a novel way to cross-post social media links. Last year, after a pivot that put the service at the core of the IoT and smart home market, IFTTT hit an inflection point and both business and consumer users skyrocketed. The service now powers over 15 million applets and last year alone added 326,000 additional smart home devices.

IFTTT is also a great way to manage small but important business chores, like documenting customer lists, pruning spreadsheets, and managing small teams. These are 13 of the top small business services available on the platform.

Use the green arrows above to scroll between services or use the left and right arrow keys.

Read more

Image: IFTTT

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By Dan Patterson

Dan is a Senior Producer for CNET and CBS News.

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